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This paper describes a puzzle introduced by German noch so, a degree operator and Negative Polarity Item. Noch so sentences allow for paraphrases containing a scalar particle (like even), suggesting that its polarity sensitivity can receive an analysis along the lines of Lahiri [4]. While such an analysis is indeed straightforward to state, it fails to capture the perceived meaning contribution of noch so in good cases. Conversely, an account generalizing from the perceived meaning contribution of noch so does not seem to derive its polarity sensitivity.
I would like to thank the audience at AC09 and an anonymous reviewer for useful comments. This research was supported in part by a FQRSC Ètablisement de nouveau professeur-chercheurs grant awarded to the author (2007-NP-114689), and a FQRSC Programme Soutien aux èquipes de recherche grant (2010-SE-130906, principal investigator: Lisa Travis).
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Schwarz, B. (2010). German Noch So: Scalar Degree Operator and Negative Polarity Item. In: Aloni, M., Bastiaanse, H., de Jager, T., Schulz, K. (eds) Logic, Language and Meaning. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6042. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14287-1_43
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